Philippines Reports First Coronavirus Death Outside China

Police officers stand guard as Filipinos hoping to buy face masks crowd outside a medical supply shop that was raided by police for allegedly hoarding and overpricing the masks, as public fear over China's Wuhan Coronavirus grows in Manila, Philippines, on Jan. 31, 2020. Ezra Acayan/Getty Images

BEIJING/MANILA—The Philippines has reported the first overseas death from the growing coronavirus epidemic that originated in China, where new infections continue to increase daily.

Officials in the Philippines said Feb. 2 that a 44-year-old Chinese man from Wuhan city died after developing severe pneumonia. It was the first death reported out of more than 130 cases in about two dozen other countries and territories outside of mainland China.